Travel the world with 50 best-loved tales, featuring creatures big and small. This beautifully-illustrated collection of classic stories brings together favourite animal-themed fables, myths and legends including The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Why the Swallow's Tail is Forked and the story of Ananse and the Python.

Lively retellings from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Romanian-born illustrator, Aitch, in this treasury to treasure.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Aitch is inspired by travels, naturalistic illustrations, Naive Art, childhood memories, legends and folklore. She creates colourful artworks for clients globally. Angela McAllister is an award-winning author of over sixty books for children and young teens. She lives in Hampshire.